New Premier League Schedule Out! These are the Dates We’re Excited About

The 2016/2017 Premier League (PL) season is long gone. Chelsea are now the reigning champions, as they won a title most will be looking to snatch away from their grasps when the next season starts.

While the world’s most-watched football league is currently on a break, moves are already being made – both by clubs, players and the league itself – to get ready for a new season.

PL football clubs have announced the players whose services they won’t be needing anymore. New arrivals have already started taking photographs with their new club jerseys as record fees are being smashed here and there.

In preparation for a new football season, the league, on Wednesday, released the fixture schedule for the 2017/2018 PL season. While the league has taken a back seat for the while, letting friendlies, qualifiers and the Confederations Cup to take centre stage, the release of the fixtures list has set mouths all over wagging, as expected.

The 17/18 season may not kick off until August 12, but word has gotten around. Fans the world over now know which opponent they’ll be facing first, and how tight or favourable their schedule is.

The anticipation had started. The countdown begins. While we’re counting down, we’ve cast our glance over the long list and are excited about some dates.

You know why? Those dates, ceteris paribus, will serve up some mouth-watering clashes.

It should not go without mention that every game in the Premier League is one to look out for: The mid-table teams will try to get one over the so-called “Top Six” (or Top Five or Four), while some top clubs will try to either go on a 10-game unbeaten run, play 19 at home, lose 0 times or conSIXtently draw their way through to Europe.

But, with the new influx of players, opposing coaches now used to themselves, these dates we’ve marked (which you should mark too), will see titans go head to head. And we can’t wait! Here are some of these exciting dates:

Saturday, 12 August, 2017

Arsenal v Leicester City

Saturday, 19 August, 2017

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Manchester City v Everton

Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea

Saturday, 26 August, 2017

Liverpool v Arsenal

Saturday, 9 September, 2017

Everton v Tottenham Hotspur

Leicester City v Chelsea

Manchester City v Liverpool

Saturday, 16 September, 2017

Chelsea v Arsenal

West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur

Saturday, 30 September, 2017

Chelsea v Manchester City

Newcastle United v Liverpool

Saturday, 14 October, 2017

Liverpool v Manchester United

Saturday, 21 October, 2017

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

Saturday, 28 October, 2017

Leicester City v Everton

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

Saturday, 4 November, 2017

Chelsea v Manchester United

Manchester City v Arsenal

Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace

West Ham United v Liverpool

Saturday, 18 November, 2017

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

Leicester City v Manchester City

Liverpool v Southampton

Manchester United v Newcastle United

Saturday, 25 November, 2017

Liverpool v Chelsea

Southampton v Everton

Tuesday, 28 November, 2017

Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur (8pm)

Wednesday, 29 November, 2017

Everton v West Ham United

Manchester City v Southampton (8pm)

Saturday, 2 December, 2017

Arsenal v Manchester United

Manchester City v West Ham United

Saturday, 9 December, 2017

Liverpool v Everton

Manchester United v Manchester City

Southampton v Arsenal

Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City

West Ham United v Chelsea

Tuesday, 12 December, 2017

West Ham United v Arsenal

Wednesday, 13 December, 2017

Southampton v Leicester City (8pm)

Saturday, 16 December, 2017

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

Saturday, 23 December, 2017

Arsenal v Liverpool

Leicester City v Manchester United

Tuesday, 26 December, 2017

Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton

Saturday, 30 December, 2017

Liverpool v Leicester City

Manchester United v Southampton

Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United

Monday, 1 January, 2018

Arsenal v Chelsea

Everton v Manchester United

Saturday, 13 January, 2018

Chelsea v Leicester City

Liverpool v Manchester City

Saturday, 20 January, 2018

Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur

Tuesday, 30 January, 2018

West Ham United v Crystal Palace

Wednesday, 31 January, 2018

Everton v Leicester City

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United (8pm)

Saturday, 3 February, 2018

Arsenal v Everton

Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur

Saturday, 10 February, 2018

Manchester City v Leicester City

Newcastle United v Manchester United

Southampton v Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

Saturday, 24 February, 2018

Arsenal v Manchester City

Liverpool v West Ham United

Manchester United v Chelsea

Saturday, 3 March, 2018

Manchester City v Chelsea

Saturday, 10 March, 2018

Manchester United v Liverpool

Stoke City v Manchester City

Saturday, 17 March, 2018

Huddersfield Town v Crystal Palace

Leicester City v Arsenal

West Ham United v Manchester United

Saturday, 31 March, 2018

Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur

Everton v Manchester City

Southampton v West Ham United

Saturday, 7 April, 2018

Arsenal v Southampton

Chelsea v West Ham United

Everton v Liverpool

Manchester City v Manchester United

Saturday, 14 April, 2018

Newcastle United v Arsenal

Southampton v Chelsea

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

West Ham United v Stoke City

Saturday, 21 April, 2018

Arsenal v West Ham United

Leicester City v Southampton

Saturday, 28 April, 2018

Manchester United v Arsenal

Saturday, 5 May, 2018

Chelsea v Liverpool

Everton v Southampton

Leicester City v West Ham United

Sunday, 13 May, 2018

Burnley v AFC Bournemouth

Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion

Huddersfield Town v Arsenal

Liverpool v Brighton

Manchester United v Watford

Newcastle United v Chelsea

Southampton v Manchester City

Swansea City v Stoke City

Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City

West Ham United v Everton

Phew. What a football season! Noticed we marked one day in almost every week of the coming season? That’s how awesome this coming Premier League season will be. And just like you, we can’t wait!

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